Whenever I hear that a couple is expecting for the first time, after saying congratulations, one of my next comments is usually something like, “Hey, if you don’t know, sleep training is a thing. Just Google it or ask me about it later.”
And the reason why is that often, especially when you are new parents, you don’t know what you don’t know. That might sound like a circular statement, and it is. But it’s still true. We don’t know what we don’t know.
Accepting this can lead to an attitude of curiosity, of a kind of docility or readiness to learn.
And on the flip side, when we it comes to encouraging others in their faith, many times they don’t know what they don’t know.
They don’t know what question to ask, or they don’t know that the solution to their problem has existed for thousands of years.
Understanding this idea can help us be patient with ourselves and others, in a way that benefits everyone.
Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we don’t know what we don’t know. But You do. Put the people in our lives to help us come to know You and Your ways better. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
